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iPhone Dev Team Jailbreak iOS 5

It has been confirmed by MuscleNerd that the iPhone Dev Team has already jailbroken iOS 5 beta 1. This only comes half a day after its release!

Amazing work Dev Team!

(Via Twitter)

Greenpoison 6.2 Jailbreak Expected in Coming Weeks for iPad 2

The Chronic Dev Team have announced some details of their upcoming release of Greenpoison 6.2. It seems like this release is going to be heavily used by iPad 2 owners. There is a fake iPad 2 jailbreak out at the moment, but the Dev Team are aiming to have an actual working jailbreak out in the next few weeks.

There arent too many details at the moment, but stay tuned on Crenk and we will let everyone when a real version is available.

Untether Yourself. Before It’s Too Late!

With telecommunications giant AT&T cracking down on unapproved phone tethering and competitors surely planning to do the same, alternative methods of accessing cheap Internet on the go are taking off inside the heads of consumers who don’t sit well with $1-a-gigabyte monthly tethering plans. The options are limited, and so is the time to act before you face serious consequences.

These days the ability to stream high quality video, update on social networking sites minute-by-minute, and stay up-to-the-hour on news and data is less a luxury and more an expectation. Those unaware of the nearing extermination of unauthorized tethering or those who feel invincible against its ramifications need to begin making plans for the world to come, especially if their livelihoods depend on it. To be in the position where it’s essential to have web access wherever you are and to have that web access fail with a text message from your provider informing you your tethering is unauthorized is certainly unacceptable, especially when your clients are standing right there.

Many folks are finding a solution through a portable Wireless Router, which are currently being sold by most network equipment manufacturers. In essence you pay for your home or business-based Internet service and when you become mobile you take the router with you along with a portable wireless modem and are thus able to access your base network remotely. These routers have been shown to work fantastically in many notorious cold-spots like deep rural communities and other locations where your smartphone Internet access usually saves the day.

Whenever there is unauthorized tethering within a telecommunications service it uses up allotted data-usage and memory for paying customers and slows down the network. This is all the incentive that major companies like AT&T needs to execute a vicious offensive on those who use their service without permission. Add the fact that nothing stops them from instantly activating an expensive data plan on your account when they discover unauthorized tethering, if you’re still unwavering in the face of this threat you need to take an entry level econ course.

The world’s leaders in telecommunications and Internet service have all the angles figured out, and before you know it there’s going to be less options for how to get unlimited Internet access than there were at the birth of the World Wide Web. If your livelihood is at stake don’t wait for a text message telling you you’re cooked – act now.

How to Untether Verizon iPhone 4 on iOS 4.2.8

It has taken a while but Verizon customers are now able to jailbreak untether their iPhone 4 on iOS 4.2.8. This jailbreak uses the PwnageTool 4.2 Bundle.

Here is a step by step video to show you how to do it yourself.

Otherwise you will need to do the following:

1. Download PwnageTool 4.2.8
2. Right click PwnageTool 4.2, select Show Content Package and move over to Contents-Resources-Firmware Bundles and then copy the iOS 4.3.8 bundles in the folder.
3. Start iTunes and hit Restore while holding the Option key
4. Select iOS 4.2.8 firmware and wait for it to be restored
5. Enjoy!

Step by Step Guide: Jailbreak iOS 4.3 Using PwnageTool 4.3

PwnageTool 4.3 has just been released and it is the easiest way to jailbreak any iOS 4.3.1 device. Here is a step by step guide on how to implement PwnageTool 4.3.

Step 1: Download PwnageTool 4.3 for Mac.

Step 2: Download iOS 4.3.1 firmware. Move all these files to the desktop.

Step 3: Start PwnageTool in “Expert mode” and select your device:

Step 4: Browse for iOS 4.3.1 firmware for your device as shown in the screenshot below:

Step 5: Now select “Build” to start creating custom 4.3.1 firmware file:

Step 6: PwnageTool will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch which will be jailbroken.

Step 7: Now follow the following steps to enter DFU mode using PwnageTool:

• Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds
• Now release the Power button but continue holding the Home button for 10 more seconds
• You device should now be in DFU mode

Step 8: Start iTunes, click on your iOS device icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” (option) button on Mac, or Left “Shift” button if you are on Windows on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release this button.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.3.1 file. Select the required custom .ipsw file that you created above, and click on “Open”.

Step 9: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 4.3.1 on your iOS device. Your iOS device screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, your iOS device will be jailbroken on iOS 4.3.1.

How To Jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 Using PwnageTool

This is the ultimate guide on how to jailbreak your iOS device running iOS 4.3.1 using the PwnageTool.

Step 1: Download PwnageTool bundle (includes Universal Ramdisk Fixer) for your version of iOS device. Extract the .zip folder, in there you will find a .bundle file, for this guide, we are using iPhone 4 bundle iPhone3,1_4.3.1_8G4.bundle. Move this file to your desktop.

Step 2: Download PwnageTool 4.2 and copy it to /Applications directory. Right click, and then click on “Show Package Contents” as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 3: Navigate to Contents/Resources/FirmwareBundles/ and paste iPhone3,1_4.3.1_8G4.bundle file in this location.

Step 4: Download Universal Ramdisk Fixer (part of the PwnageTool bundle package that you downloaded in Step 1 above) and simply install it as shown in the screenshots below. This is important because Ramdisk in the current version of PwnageTool is broken. This Universal Ramdisk Fixer basically patches it correctly for iOS 4.3.1 firmware.

Step 5: Download iOS 4.3.1 firmware. Move this file to your desktop.

Step 6: Start PwnageTool in “Expert mode” and select your device:

Step 7: Browse for iOS 4.3.1 firmware for your device as shown in the screenshot below:

Step 8: Now select “Build” to start creating custom 4.3.1 firmware file:

Step 9: PwnageTool will now create the custom .ipsw file for your iPhone which will be jailbroken.

Step 10: Now follow the following steps to enter DFU mode using PwnageTool:

• Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds
• Now release the Power button but continue holding the Home button for 10 more seconds
• You device should now be in DFU mode

Step 11: Start iTunes, click on your iOS device icon from the sidebar in iTunes. Now press and hold left “alt” (option) button on Mac, or Left “Shift” button if you are on Windows on the keyboard and then click on “Restore” (Not “Update” or “Check for Update”) button in the iTunes and then release this button.

This will make iTunes prompt you to select the location for your custom firmware 4.3.1 file. Select the required custom .ipsw file that you created above, and click on “Open”.

Step 12: Now sit back and enjoy as iTunes does the rest for you. This will involve a series of automated steps. Be patient at this stage and don’t do anything silly. Just wait while iTunes installs the new firmware 4.3.1 on your iOS device. Your iOS device screen at this point will be showing a progress bar indicating installation progress. After the installation is done, your iOS device will be jailbroken on iOS 4.3.1.

Last but not the least, since there is no untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 yet, we will have to boot it into a tethered jailbroken state. To do this, we will make use of a utility named “tetheredboot” as shown in the steps below.

Step 13: Download tetheredboot.zip utility for Mac OS X and extract the .zip file.

Step 14: First, we will need two files from the custom iOS 4.3.1 firmware namely: kernelcache.release.n90 and iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu. To do this, make a copy of your custom iOS 4.3.1 file that you created above, change the extension of this file from .ipsw to .zip, and then extract this .zip file.

Now copy kernelcache.release.n90 file, and then copy iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu files which are found under /Firmware/dfu/.

Move all these files, and tetheredboot utility to a new folder named “tetheredboot” on the desktop as shown in the screenshot below.

Step 15: Turn off your iOS device, and start Terminal on OS X and run the following commands:

sudo -s

enter your administrator password, then:

/Users/TaimurAsad/Desktop/tetheredboot/tetheredboot
/Users/TaimurAsad/Desktop/tetheredboot/iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu
/Users/TaimurAsad/Desktop/tetheredboot/kernelcache.release.n90

You will have to of course replace “TaimurAsad” with the name of the directory on your computer.

now press enter.

NOTE: If the above fails, try ‘tetheredboot -i ibss -k kernel’ instead of ‘tetheredboot ibss kernel’:

/Users/TaimurAsad/Desktop/tetheredboot/tetheredboot –i
/Users/TaimurAsad/Desktop/tetheredboot/iBSS.n90ap.RELEASE.dfu -k
/Users/TaimurAsad/Desktop/tetheredboot/kernelcache.release.n90

Tip: Simply drag and drop in Terminal – tetheredboot file, then iBSS file and then kernelcache.release file.

You should now see some code running in the Terminal window, at some point, it will ask you to enter DFU mode. Now follow the following steps to enter DFU mode:

• Hold Power and Home buttons for 10 seconds
• Now release the Power button but continue holding the Home button for 10 more seconds
• You device should now be in DFU mode

Now wait for your device to boot, Terminal at this point will be showing “Exiting libpois0n” message. After a short while, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will be booted in a jailbroken tethered mode !

Snowbreeze 2.3: Jailbreak iOS 4.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Snowbreeze 2.3 beta 3 was just released today and already thousands of people worldwide are using this method. Here is a quick tutorial on how to tethered jailbreak your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad using iOS 4.3.

1. Download Sn0wbreeze 2.3b3 for Windows
2. Make sure you have iTunes and iOS 4.3 on your device.
3. Start Sn0wbreeze 2.3 beta 3
4. Click the Browse button to select iOS 4.3.ipsw file for your iOS device
5. Once the .ipsw has been identified, click next arrow to proceed
6. To start creating your custom iOS 4.3 firmware, select the “Expert Mode”, followed by “Build IPSW” option
7. Once it has been cooked you will see the Done message
8. Sn0wbreeze 2.3b3 willow instruct you on how to enter DFU mode.

How to Root Your Motorola Atrix 4G

The Motorola Atrix 4G was only released today and it has already been rooted. Below is the step by step process on how to root your new Motorola Atrix 4G. This method was developed by famed modders DesignGears and Getaphixx.

You will need:

1. After installing the drivers, meeting the prerequisites, and downloading CLShortFuse’s Super One Click, proceed to the next step.
2. Extract the Super One Click package to a folder on your computer
3. Place your phone into USB Debugging mode
   • Menu >> Settings >> Applications >> Development >> Enable “USB debugging”
4. Connect the device to your computer via USB cable
5. Do NOT mount your device’s SD card
6. Run the Super One Click program
7. Simply click the “Root” button in Super One Click
8. Before rebooting, click “Allow Non Market Apps”
9. Reboot your device

That’s if folks, you now are ready to tinker around with your rooted Motorola Atrix 4G.

If reading is not your thing, Getaphixx has posted video instructions as well.

Verizon iPhone 4 Jailbreak on iOS 4.2.6 Using Greenpois0n 5.4

The Verizon iPhone 4 is vulnerable to the Limera1n bootrom exploit. Thus, anyone can jailbreak their Verizon iPhone 4 running iOS 4.2.6 using Greenpoison 5.4.

The news came in the form of a Twitter update by John Sibiga, who had tested GreenPois0n RC5.4 and had already jailbroken his Verizon iPhone 4 using that very tool. He posted this image as proof.

Download GreenPois0n RC5.4

Screenshots of Jailbroken Verizon iPhone 4 on iOS 4.2.6 with Cydia

Here is a screenshot from Blogsdna which shows a jailbroken Verizon iPhone 4 on iOS 4.2.6 with Cydia. This image comes courtesy of Pod2g & Lunch8ox.

Official Greenpois0n RC6 or (5.4) to jailbreak Verizon iPhone 4 from Chronic Dev team should be release very soon.